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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Nun Sulci
Clean Name Nun Sulci
Feature ID 4356
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Sulcus, sulci

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 62.70 °
Southmost Latitude 30.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 302.50 °
Westmost Longitude 340.00 °
Diameter 1500.00 km
Center Latitude 49.50 °
Center Longitude 316.40 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Egypt
Origin Egyptian; chaos; primordial ocean; held germ of all things.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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